Duke in the News: July 16, 2003

U.S. GOVERNMENT TO STUDY WEIGHT-LOSS SUCCESSES Wall Street Journal, July 16 -- Want to know how to lose weight and keep it off? You aren't alone. The U.S. government wants to know, too, and will fund a three-year study at Duke University and three other research centers. (Article available online to subscribers; full text upon request.) ...Full story INDUSTRY-LINKED CLIMATE STUDY REBUFFED (Boulder, Colo.) Daily Camera, July 15 -- A team of climate experts, including Tom Crowley of Duke University, has rejected as invalid an industry-linked study that argued that the Earth's rising temperature may not be the result of human activity. ...Full story WILLIAMS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL, WILL CONTINUE REHAB Chicago Sun-Times, July 16 -- Chicago Bulls guard Jay Williams, who suffered career-threatening injuries in a June 19 motorcycle accident, has been released from Duke University Medical Center, where he had been transferred to continue his treatment and rehabilitation. ...Full story JEEPERS: BOND STAR BILL GROSS PUTS STOCK PICKERS TO SHAME USA Today, July 16 -- If you want to get a stock mutual fund manager steamed, ask why his fund can't beat bond guru and Duke alumnus Bill Gross. ...Full story --Also, USA Today: About William Gross ...Full story

FULBRIGHT IS A RETURN TICKET TO GERMANY Charlotte Observer, July 16 -- Molly Jacobs, who graduated from Duke University in May, became interested in the demographics of low-wage earners after growing up in textile-driven Gastonia. She will further her interest as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany beginning next month. ...Full story STEM CELL LOSS TIED TO CLOGGED ARTERIES Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 15 -- Aging arteries get more susceptible to clogging largely because bone marrow stops making the stem cells needed to fix blood vessels, scientists at Duke University Medical Center have found. (third news brief) ...Full story --Also, Naples (Fla.) Daily News: Studies Target Why Arteries Harden ...Full story ON THE AIR Elizabeth Kiss, director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, will be a guest on Chicago Public Radio's Odyssey program Thursday afternoon, 1-2 p.m. ET. She will be discussing truth and reconciliation commissions around the world. Listen live or to an archived version. ...Web site --Also, Kiss will be the featured guest on North Carolina People with William Friday this week. The 30-minute show will air on UNC-TV (Channel 4 in the Triangle) Friday, July 18, at 9 p.m. and repeat on Sunday, July 20, at 5:30 p.m. ...Web site The Duke Partners in Caring/Peer Education Training Site (PETS) program will be featured Wednesday, July 16, during a North Carolina Now segment about the changing face of HIV/AIDS in North Carolina. North Carolina Now airs on UNC-TV (channel 4) at 7:30 p.m.